AbortionJay Stamper: Limiting abortion isn't limited-government conservatism.
Mitt Romney: Courts added tax-paid abortions to RomneyCare; not me.
Mitt Romney: I had no litmus test for appointing judges, but I'm pro-life.
Rick Santorum: FactCheck: Under 1/4 of pregnancies end in abortion, not 1/3.
Gary Johnson: Right to choose up until viability of the fetus.
Tim Pawlenty: Stem-cell research ok on previous embryos, but not new ones.
Mike Huckabee: “Hate but allow abortion” is like “hate but allow slavery”.
Rudy Giuliani: Allowing choice keeps government out of people’s lives.
Rudy Giuliani: Seek bipartisan ways to reduce abortion & increase adoption.
Sam Brownback: Opposes abortion even for women pregnant by rapists.
Tommy Thompson: New stem cell research means embryos need not be destroyed.
Barack Obama: Trust women to make own decisions on partial-birth abortion.
Chris Dodd: Courts should decide abortion cases based on woman’s health.
Dennis Kucinich: Litmus test on Roe, but as part of a culture of life.
Joe Biden: Nominees should agree on constitutional right to privacy.
John Edwards: Gov’t should not decide for women on partial-birth abortion.

Civil RightsThomas Ravenel: Stay out of marriage, but if not, treat gays equally.
Thomas Ravenel: Government should stay out of our bedrooms &our boardrooms.
Rick Wade: First all-black U.S. Senate race in recent memory.
Jay Stamper: Asked by Party to exit race after supporting gay marriage.
Herman Cain: Ignoring DOMA is treasonous breach of presidential duty.
Ron Paul: Government is totally unnecessary for gay marriage laws.
John McCain: Confederate flag on top of capitol was wrong; in front is ok.
Barack Obama: Put the Confederate flag in a museum, not the state house.
Chris Dodd: Supports civil unions but opposes gay marriage.

DrugsThomas Ravenel: End the war on drugs; it's federal overreach & unsuccessful.
Thomas Ravenel: In favor of ending the war on drugs.
Rick Wade: State director of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services.
Gary Johnson: Harm-reduction: health issue rather than criminal issue.
Ron Paul: We don't need laws to tell us to not use heroin.

Energy & OilJoyce Dickerson: Open the Savannah River Site nuclear reactor fuel project.
Nikki Haley: Open the Savannah River Site nuclear reactor fuel project.
Rick Wade: Head of China Operations for Green Tech Automotive.
Lee Bright: Deal with waste, to remove obstacles to new nuclear plants.
Rick Wade: V.P. of GreenTech Automotive, the "green car" company.
Herman Cain: Establish real energy independence, with existing resources.
Tim Pawlenty: I made a mistake in considering cap-and-trade in MN.
Sam Brownback: Get more biodiesel & biofuels into system to prevent $4 gas.
Tom Tancredo: Global warming could be from humans, or could be nature.
Tom Tancredo: FactCheck: Global warming has dissent, but not 50-50 split.
Bill Richardson: Sacrifice for Apollo-like program for renewable fuel.
Joe Biden: Make every automobile sold be a flex-fuel automobile.
John Edwards: Bold transformation to stop importing 12M bbl of oil per day.
John Edwards: Cap carbon emissions & invest in carbon sequestration.
Mike Gravel: I started the nuclear critique in this country.

Foreign PolicyBrad Hutto: Focus on state's needs, not foreign conflicts.
Thomas Ravenel: Opposed to foreign interventions.
Lee Bright: Remove Russia from G-8 over Ukraine invasion.
Lindsey Graham: Create a democratic noose around Putin's Russia.
Jay Stamper: Trillions on foreign engagements isn't fiscal conservatism.
Nancy Mace: No foreign aid to Egypt & countries who are our enemies.
Jon Huntsman: 80 million bloggers in China will take China down.
Rick Perry: China will end up on the ash heap of history, like USSR.
Tim Pawlenty: Never subordinate US decisions to UN, as Obama did in Libya.
Barack Obama: Europe & Japan are allies, but China is a competitor.
Barack Obama: Palestinian people suffer-but from not recognizing Israel.
Barack Obama: FactCheck: Palestinian suffering from stalled peace effort.
Bill Richardson: Strategic interests in Russia: loose nukes & Chechnya.
Bill Richardson: Being stubborn isn’t a foreign policy--diplomacy is.
Bill Richardson: Re-evaluate embargo for post-Castro Cuba.
Joe Biden: Biggest threat to US is from North Korea, Iran, & Russia.
John Edwards: Russia has moved from democracy to autocracy.
John Edwards: Lead international effort on economic development.
Mike Gravel: US has no important enemies, so treat world as equals.

Local IssuesNikki Haley: South Carolina is the "Beast of the Southeast".

Principles & ValuesThomas Ravenel: Fiscally conservative and socially moderate libertarian.
Rick Wade: Withdraws from race, citing too-late entrance.
Tim Scott: OpEd: Dems call Scott "senator for the Heritage Foundation".
Rick Wade: Commitment to listen to the people, not special interests.
Nancy Mace: Give a conservative voice to the people of South Carolina.
Lee Bright: I live all aspects of my life based on Biblical principles.
Rick Wade: Ran unsuccessfully for secretary of state in 2002.
Tim Scott: Grew up poor in a black community in North Charleston.
Tim Scott: Served in public office for 18 years, with 2 terms in House.
Buddy Roemer: Driving across SC and NH to shake hands & start listening.
Jim Gilmore: Rudy McRomney is not a conservative and knows it.
Barack Obama: Biggest mistake was intruding in Terri Schiavo case.
Bill Richardson: Biggest mistake is impatience, like pushing minimum wage.
Chris Dodd: Biggest professional mistake was the Iraq War.
Dennis Kucinich: Biggest mistake was firing police chief on Good Friday.
Hillary Clinton: Biggest mistakes: mishandling healthcare; believing in WMDs.
Joe Biden: Biggest mistake was thinking he could work with George Bush.
John Edwards: Biggest professional mistake was voting for Iraq War.
Mike Gravel: Did not plan on presidency, but candidates are frightening.
Ralph Nader: Won’t run as a Green-maybe as an independent.

War & PeaceThomas Ravenel: U.S. military is over-involved overseas.
Thomas Ravenel: Republicans are pro-invading this or that country.
Lindsey Graham: Obama "screams loudly & carries no stick," in Russia & Syria.
Newt Gingrich: Obama "screams loudly & carries no stick," in Russia & Syria.
Jay Stamper: Don't go on "war footing" against Russia over Ukraine.
Lindsey Graham: Support the Syrian rebels against Assad & Iran.
Lee Bright: Intervention in Syria would help the Muslim Brotherhood.
Lindsey Graham: Intervention in Syria to degrade Assad's chemical weapons.
Lindsey Graham: Getting Syria wrong leads to Iranian nukes & war with Israel.
Nancy Mace: Intervention in Syria would bolster al-Qaida.
Lindsey Graham: Syria: Assad must go, and small arms won't do it.
Lindsey Graham: Get involved in Syria to protect against al Qaeda and Iran.
Lindsey Graham: Slow Afghan withdrawal, with 15,000 US troops left behind.
Herman Cain: Economic sanctions on Iran, but no military.
Mitt Romney: If we reelect Barack Obama, Iran will have a nuclear weapon.
Mitt Romney: Crippling sanctions against Iran, & military, to stop nukes.
Newt Gingrich: Covert operations & military, if needed, to stop Iran nukes.
Rick Perry: Shut down the Iranian Central Bank to stop nukes.
Rick Perry: Complete the mission in Afghanistan, with no timetable.
Rick Santorum: Afghanistan victory means Taliban is neutered, not wiped out.
Rick Santorum: Work with Israel to take out Iranian nukes by force.
Ron Paul: No war propaganda against Iran; learn from Iraq.
Gary Johnson: I opposed the Iraq War from the beginning.
Gary Johnson: No Afghan timetable; start tomorrow & finish in a few months.
Herman Cain: No clear strategy in either Libya or Syria.
Duncan Hunter: Iraqi forces have stopped running and started fighting.
Jim Gilmore: Mandatory sanctions against nuclear Iran & possible strike.
John McCain: Willing to be last man standing for US involvement in Iraq.
Mitt Romney: Iraq part of global jihadist effort to bring down the West.
Ron Paul: Intervention abroad incites hatred & attacks like 9/11.
Ron Paul: We should have declared war in Iraq, or not gone in at all.
Ron Paul: Ronald Reagan had the courage to turn tail & run in Lebanon.
Ron Paul: When we go to war carelessly, the wars don’t end.
Rudy Giuliani: Democrat timetable for retreat “fundamentally irresponsible”.
Rudy Giuliani: We did not invite the 9/11 attack by attacking Iraq.
Rudy Giuliani: FactCheck: Did say GOP is fundamentally irresponsible on war.
Sam Brownback: We have not lost war; we can win by pulling together.
Tom Tancredo: Convert from constabulary force to supporting force.
Tom Tancredo: Opposed the troop surge, but supports the troops.
Tom Tancredo: Muslims attack us because it’s a dictate of their religion.
Tommy Thompson: Split oil revenue 1/3 federal; 1/3 local; 1/3 to people.
Barack Obama: Iraq has distracted us from Taliban in Afghanistan.
Barack Obama: War in Iraq is “dumb” but troops still need equipment.
Barack Obama: Increase ground forces in Iraq to decrease troop rotations.
Barack Obama: Iran with nuclear weapons is a profound security threat.
Bill Richardson: Stop funding for Iraq war-it is a disaster and must end.
Chris Dodd: Cut off the funding spigot for Iraq in one year.
Dennis Kucinich: One cannot be against Iraq war yet still fund it.
Dennis Kucinich: Lack of info was no excuse for voting for Iraq war.
Dennis Kucinich: 2003 war vote was audition for presidential decision-making.
Dennis Kucinich: We’re in Iraq for oil & looking at attacking Iran for oil.
Dennis Kucinich: FactCheck: Iraqi oil production has fallen during war.
Hillary Clinton: This war is up to Iraqi people to win or lose, not the US.
Hillary Clinton: Voted for Iraq war based on available info; now would not.
Joe Biden: Change the fundamental premise of Iraq engagement.
Joe Biden: Replace pre-emption doctrine with prevention.
John Edwards: Apologized for Iraq war vote; others must search conscience.
Mike Gravel: Soldiers in Iraq are dying in vain; so just get out.
Mike Gravel: Iraq war was lost the day Bush invaded-make it illegal.